Improvement in marking- attachment to corn-planters



Q3. SAWfYER.. Lamd,1S/Imker.

No, .107,294. 'Patented sept. 1,3, 1.870.l

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ELI s-Awrnaor MADISON, IOWA.

Letters Patent No.v 107 ,294, dated September 113, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTIIN MARKING A'.lTACJHll/IIEENl TQ COR-PLANTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.`

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELI SAWYER, of 'Madisoln in Ithe'eounty of J ones and State of Iowa, have iuventetL a new and improved- Marking Attachment for Oornplanters, and consists in the application to 'the' frame ofone or two arms projecting' laterally therefrom the distance required fol-the width of the rows, capable of oscillation, and provided with levers foiturning them, to the outer 'ends of which marke-rs are so hinged that they will 'work` up and, down. freely, as required by ythe uneven ground, and so that, the arms being turned by the'haud-levers, the markers will be raised above the ground, and be supported when not required to be in action, all as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved machine;

Figure 2 is a section on the line a' x; and

Figure 3 is a section oi' one ot' the arms and markers, showing-the construction of the hinged joint.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspomling parts.

A is the frame ol' the machine, and

` Il, the wheel whereon it is mounteda s G represents the laterally-projecting arms, which, in this instance, are arranged behind the wheels, but which maybe placed before, if preferred;

They are journalcd to the frame at D Efin suitable bearings, in which they may turn; and they have handles or levers, Rattached .to them, and so a1' ranged that they may be reached 'by' the driver or v dropper to turn the arms when the machine is in operation. Y

The outer ends of these arms have the journals G for the connection of the marker-stocks H, and they have also the project-ing fingers I arranged''parallelwith the journals ou opposite sides,and so that when they are turned down to let the markers work on the ground, the said fingers will not interfere with the' proper vibration of the said marker, but, when the` arms are turned upward, the lower fingers I, striking against the under side of themarker, will raise It nearly to a vertical'position, 'so that the operator may at any time raise the marker above the ground, to

clear stones, roots, or other obstructions.

When it is desired to throw the markers out ot' action altogether, they may be tilted forward after being so raised beyond the vertical line, when they will rest ou the'otherfingers I, that is, those which are at the top when the markers are working, and they will he thereby supported above the ground, as the levers l", resting on the frame, will prevent the arms C from turning, so as to let the markers fall to the ground on the forward side ofthe a-rnxskA These markers are used mainly' for making marks by which to guide. thc truck for driving in straight lines for planting.v Only one is used at a' time; the two are needed for alternate action, as the back and forth movements of the machine present different sides to the unplanted part of the eld.

' Having thus described my invention,

I. claim as new :and desire to secure by Letters Pa-tcnt- The combination, with the frame of the'corn-planting machine, ot the oscillating armsG, markers H, andhand-levers F, when the stocks arelpivot-ed to the arms, and'all arranged substantially as specified. .l

ELI vSA\VYER.

' Witnesses:

GEORGE W. LANDON, SIMON N. LANDOX. 

